Part 5Child assessment and child protection orders
Child protection orders
I137Child protection orders
1
A person may apply to the sheriff for a child protection order in respect of a child.
2
A child protection order is an order doing one or more of the following—
a
requiring any person in a position to do so to produce the child to a specified person,
b
authorising the removal of the child by the specified person to a place of safety and the keeping of the child in that place,
c
authorising the prevention of the removal of the child from any place where the child is staying (whether or not the child is resident there),
d
authorising the carrying out (subject to section 186) of an assessment of—
i
the child's health or development, or
ii
the way in which the child has been or is being treated or neglected.
3
A child protection order may also include any other authorisation or requirement necessary to safeguard or promote the welfare of the child.
4
A child protection order may include an authorisation of the type mentioned in paragraph (d) of subsection (2) only if it also includes an authorisation of a type mentioned in paragraph (b) or (c) of that subsection.
5
An application for a child protection order must—
a
identify the applicant,
b
in so far as is practicable, identify the child in respect of whom the order is sought,
c
state the grounds on which the application is made, and
d
be accompanied by supporting evidence, whether documentary or otherwise, sufficient to enable the sheriff to determine the application.
6
In subsection (2), “specified” means specified in the order.